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This is a list of the current 63 members of the Althing (Icelandic Parliament), from 2021 until 2025.
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– 2017 | ||||||
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| Independence Party | D | 48,708 | 24.4 | 16 | ±0 | |||||
| Progressive Party | B | 34,501 | 17.3 | 13 | +5 | |||||
| Left-Green Movement | V | 25,114 | 12.6 | 8 | –3 | |||||
| Social Democratic Alliance | S | 19,825 | 9.9 | 6 | –1 | |||||
| People's Party | F | 17,672 | 8.8 | 6 | +2 | |||||
| Pirate Party | P | 17,233 | 8.6 | 6 | ±0 | |||||
| Reform Party | C | 16,628 | 8.3 | 5 | +1 | |||||
| Centre Party | M | 10,879 | 5.4 | 3 | –4 | |||||
| Source: [1] (Iceland Monitor) | ||||||||||
For the parties having qualified with a national result above the 5% election threshold, the 9 leveling seats (L1-L9) were first distributed party-wise according to the calculation method in this particular order (where the party's total number of national votes was divided by the sum of "won seats plus 1" - with an extra leveling seat granted to the party with the highest fraction - while repeating this process until all 9 leveling seats had been determined). At the next step, these leveling seats were then by the same order distributed one by one to the relative strongest constituency of the seat winning party (while disregarding the constituencies that already ran out of vacant leveling seats). At the third step, the specific leveling seat is finally granted to the party's highest ranked runner-up candidate within the constituency, according to the same accumulated candidate vote score as being used when apportioning the constituency seats. [3]
| Candidates selected for the 9 leveling seats (L1-L9 are first apportioned at national level to parties, then to the relative strongest constituency of the party, and finally given to its highest ranked runner-up candidate) | Leveling seats won by party | Reykjavik Constituency North | Reykjavik Constituency South | Southwest Constituency | Northwest Constituency | Northeast Constituency | South Constituency |
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| (party vote share divided by won local seats +1) | |||||||
| Independence Party (D) | 5.65% | 7.60% | 6.18% | 8.17% | 6.77% | 6.30% | |
| Left-Green Movement (V) | 5.38% | 6.30% | 4.53% | 8.9% | 6.63% | 5.90% | |
| Progressive Party (B) | 5.30% | 4.05% | 3.95% | 6.13% | 4.73% | 6.20% | |
| Social Democratic Alliance (S) | L5 | 6.40% | 6.50% | 6.05% | 4.85% | 6.95% (L5) | 4.80% |
| Centre Party (M) | L4, L8 | 7.00% | 7.60% (L4) | 4.75% | 7.10% (L8) | 6.20% | 7.15% |
| Pirate Party (P) | L1, L3, L9 | 6.80% (L3) | 5.70% (L9) | 4.15% | 6.80% | 5.50% | 7.10% (L1) |
| People's Party (F) | L2, L6 | 7.10% (L2) | 4.10% | 6.50% (L6) | 5.30% | 4.30% | 4.45% |
| Reform Party (C) | L7 | 4.20% | 4.25% | 4.75% (L7) | 2.50% | 2.10% | 3.10% |
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